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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Introduction
When one discusses the form in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship with casual observers of the category, the question ‘David who?’ invariably gets asked.
David Reynolds’ junior championship achievements and early V8 Supercars efforts may be well known to hardened fans and scribes alike, but the 27-year-old’s move to The Bottle-O Racing this year has undoubtedly thrust him into the spotlight like never before.
While frequent displays of the Albury native’s quirky sense of humour at Friday press conferences have raised plenty of eyebrows, Reynolds has been just as notable by his absence from the similar late afternoon talk fests for the top three drivers on Saturdays and Sundays.
Continuing on from previous efforts at Kelly Racing, Reynolds’ raw speed has been undeniably strong this season, with 10 consecutive top six qualifying performances leaving the #55 Falcon with a year-to-date starting average of 5.1. Over one lap, only Will Davison, Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup have consistently performed better.
Turning that potential into trophies remains a work in progress however, as Reynolds has rather remarkably finished lower than his qualifying position in each one of those last 10 races. Mechanical issues and incidents aside, the race pace has simply not been a match for those starting around him.
The green Falcon’s inability to duplicate the tyre life of its blue and orange stable-mates is currently the source of much analysis at FPR, which for the most part has been the team to beat this season.
With Davison, Winterbottom and Reynolds’ Saturday qualifying efforts separated by less than 0.05s at Hidden Valley, it’s easy to forget that each driver is extracting the lap time in his own unique way.
Science may be the underlying premise for success in professional motor racing, but matching the mechanical variables in the garage to the preferences and style of each driver remains a fine art.
Just when Reynolds will crack it for his first podium and victory in the V8 Supercars Championship remains difficult to predict. The question ‘David Who?’ however, is undoubtedly on borrowed time.
Work in progress
Stefan BartholomaeuSJournalist, Speedcafe.comEditor, Speedcafe Race Guides
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David Reynolds has attracted plenty of attention during his first half-season driving The Bottle-O Racing
Falcon.
The former Australian Formula Ford and Carrera Cup champion has been dynamite in qualifying, but has yet to register a podium finish.
The recently turned 27-year-old spoke to Speedcafe.com’s Grant Rowley ahead of the weekend’s racing.
SPEEDCAFE: This season’s V8 Supercars Championship has been dominated by TeamVodafone and Ford Performance Racing. You drive an FPR car, but you haven’t been on a podium yet. Do you feel that it’s far away?
DaVID reYnolDS: It’s been baby steps for
me. I still have a lot to learn in the category, the car and the team. I’m still working away, chipping away.
I don’t think we’re too far off. I qualify well. Now, it’s about changing my style and the car in the races to get some more tyre life.
SPEEDCAFE: You don’t get fussed about too many things in life, but is it frustrating that your team-mates are winning and you aren’t?
reYnolDS: It’s just about those baby steps. The performance has been a bit erratic at some places, a bit hot and cold, but it’s not like I’m in the top five one week and then the bottom 20 the next. It’s only minor, and were working our way through it.
So far, I’m very happy with how everything is going with The Bottle-O car. It’s going
great, despite the fact that I haven’t got a trophy yet.
SPEEDCAFE: You look like you’ve fitted in quite well into the FPR organisation. Did you think that was going to be the case before the first race of the year in Adelaide?
reYnolDS: It’s a hard thing to walk into a new work place, or when you’re younger, going to a new school. You don’t know how you’re going to fit in, but I generally get along well with everyone, and I always make an effort to get along with everyone.
I’m always trying to have a joke, have a laugh. Some people even laugh at my jokes, which is nice of them!
SPEEDCAFE: Your team-mates Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom are competing
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for this year’s championship. At this point, it looks like the title fight will be between those two and the TeamVodafone drivers. How have you seen the relationship between Will and Mark develop over the year?
reYnolDS: They both want to win the races and the championship as much as each other. Will is doing a fantastic job, Mark is doing a fantastic job ... Everyone is working together for the same goal. Only one can win it obviously, but as far as I can tell, I think they still get along.
SPEEDCAFE: A team manager’s cliche is to say that “the team-mates are allowed to race, but under no circumstances allowed to crash.” Is that what Tim Edwards says to you guys?
reYnolDS: We race as hard we can, but
you don’t want to crash into anyone – full stop. It doesn’t matter if it’s your team-mate or worst enemy. It goes without saying ...
We’re not really told to be careful, but we know what we need to do. If a person from my team was passing me, I don’t make it too hard, but I expect the same back. Sometimes that doesn’t happen!
SPEEDCAFE: Lets talk about Townsville. You qualified third there for Saturday’s race last year ...
reYnolDS: My (Kelly Racing) car was good there last year. On Friday, it wasn’t that good, but James (Small, engineer) and I tuned it up and it was a pretty good car at the end. Our first race strategy should have played into our hands. We started on softs, but we didn’t get a Safety Car ... We were looking OK, but we’ll never know because
the car failed. This year, I think we can go even better.
SPEEDCAFE: What do you think of the actual Townsville circuit?
reYnolDS: I like the layout. It’s a good track. The last two corners are too tight, but that’s what we have to deal with. The rest of the track is pretty fun, and there’s always a good crowd – a real happy, knowledgeable fan base.
And there’s always a good party on Sunday night too. Speedcafe’s Greenroom party is the place to be.
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SPEEDCAFE: Thanks for the plug. So will you have something to celebrate at the Greenroom?
reYnolDS: Definitely.
>> Continuation from page 7SPEEDCAFE: And you also recently turned 27 (Tuesday). Happy birthday! What did you get up to on the day?
reYnolDS: It was pretty boring, I have to say. I went to FPR’s pre-brief, I went and saw
my trainer and that was about it. I did get a nice present from Dan (housemate and Carrera Cup driver Daniel Gaunt). He gave me a chopping board and a t-shirt. It was a nice surprise and really. It’s the thought that counts most ...
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location: Townsville, Queenslandlength: 2.86 kilometresDirection: Clockwisemaximum speed: 260km/hfastest Point: Front StraightSlowest Point: Turn 11 Hairpin
Circuit DescriptionLocated just south of the Townsville CBD, the circuit winds its way through Reid Park where specially constructed roads form 70 percent of the circuit. Set in a parkland style reminiscent of the Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne, the Townsville circuit proved to be a challenge in its inaugural year in 2009 and quickly became a favourite of the drivers.
V8 Supercars Qualifying lap record:Garth Tander, Holden Commodore VE, 1m12.4700s, 2009
V8 Supercars race lap record:Lee Holdsworth, Holden Commodore VEII, 1m13.4160s, 2011
event format:friday: Practice: 4 x 30 min
Saturday:Qualifying: 1 x 20 min + Top 10 ShootoutRace: 1 x 200km
Sunday:Qualifying: 1 x 20 minRace: 1 x 200km
tyre format:Teams will use a combination of soft and hard tyres. They will have to use at least one set of hard and soft compound tyres in each race.
Races 14/15 - Townsville I Circuit Info
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12 Races 14/15 - Townsville I Tech Preview
Townsville is a race track with a lot of character that needs to be taken into account when you’re tuning your car.
It’s really got a bit of everything. There are a couple of big kerbs in there and a couple of bumpy sections that you have to have a think about, particularly to ensure that you have a strong car late in the stints.
Last year a lot of us struggled with the kerbs at Turns 5 and 6. The kerbing there is funny in that if you hit it fast enough you can clear the second part of it, but if you’re a little bit cautious you land right on top of it and typically bend the car. We saw a lot of mangled shock absorbers last year in various cars, especially early in the weekend before we got our heads around where we could drive and where we couldn’t.
Getting good drive over the bumps at the exit of Turn 3 is also important, and the rest of the circuit is really about trying to stop the car breaking into a flat slide. It’s certainly not an easy circuit to find a balance around.
tyres
What they call Turns 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 around the back of the circuit are consecutive right-handers, so that tends
to give the left-rear tyre a real sizzling, especially if the driver isn’t looking after it.
There are only two proper left-hand corners on the whole track. With the drive-line torque and the way the chassis twists when it puts its power down, the cars actually turn left better than they do right, so theoretically on a clockwise circuit like this you’ll see shorter tyre life.
Townsville hasn’t been particularly hard on tyres in the past though - it’s certainly gentler than a Perth or a Darwin. Last year we saw Jamie do his fastest lap very late in Sunday’s race, which was impressive.
I still think though that the current soft tyres are a bit different to how they were 12 months ago. We’re seeing more degradation at most circuits this year, so it remains a bit of a unknown heading into each weekend. The pace has picked up quite a bit this year, so that’s no doubt got something to do with it.
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Strategy
I’d be very surprised to see anyone try something outside of the standard two-stop, hard-soft-soft tyre strategy that we’ve seen at the other 200km races so far this year.
There are very big fuel windows, but if we see the tyre degradation that we did last year then everyone is just going to try and run as long as they can on the soft tyre. To do it any other way (starting on softs) really leaves yourself open to a Safety Car.
managing the tyre bank
In Darwin we saw Craig Lowndes really benefit from sacrificing a qualifying run on Sunday in order to finish the race on a brand new set of soft tyres. It’s a good, deliberate play to save a set and then go to it as soon as you can in the race, because you’ve got a five or six lap advantage over anyone who has run their tyres in qualifying. You seem to be able to push the tyre harder
earlier in the stint as well and get away with it.
I think though that it’s a strategy that has a far greater effect at some circuits than others. It works very well at Perth and Darwin, but at circuits like Townsville where the degradation is a lot less it’s naturally less important.
To be fair, no one had Triple Eight’s car speed in Darwin anyway. They certainly had better tyre life than us on the day. Our form in Darwin was possibly a bit track specific, but Triple Eight had better tyre life than us in Perth and Hamilton as well, so we’ll see what it’s like this weekend.
It’s often about how you pick the balance for your car for a session. You can hear drivers complaining about having understeer on their hard tyre set or early in their soft tyre stint, but then they’ll come on really strongly at the end of the session.
It’s a very, very close fight between us and Triple Eight at the moment.
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Canadian Jacques Villeneuve will make his return to the V8 Supercars Championship in Townsville.The 41-year-old will replace Greg Murphy in the #51
Pepsi Max Crew Commodore as the Kiwi continues to recover from recent back surgery.Villeneuve last appeared in the V8 Supercars Championship at the 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600, sharing The Bottle-O Falcon with Paul Dumbrell. They finished 22nd and fifth in the two races.Villeneuve is one of only three men, alongside Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi, to win the F1 World Championship, IndyCar Series and Indy 500.
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Races 14/15 - Townsville I did you know
The Holden Racing Team may not have won a race since last October, but Garth Tander’s record in Townsville suggests North Queensland could be
where he breaks the drought.The 2007 V8 Supercar champion, like rival Jamie Whincup, has finished on the podium in Townsville in five of the six races held there since 2009.Tander, who won the Saturday race last year in
History is quickly proving that you don’t need to start from the front row of the grid at the Sucrogen Townsville 400 to win a race.
Of the six races held so far, only once has a winner come from the front row of the grid - Jamie Whincup started on pole position on Saturday in 2010.In the other five races, the winner has started fourth or worse on the grid!The lowest grid position for a Townsville race winner is ninth - Jamie Whincup in the inaugural race on the Saturday in 2009.Garth Tander started fifth to win on Saturday last year, while Whincup came from eighth to win on Sunday.
Townsville, is the only driver to have qualified in the top five for every race held at the circuit.Tander’s average Townsville qualifying position is 3.16, better than Whincup (4), Mark Winterbottom (5.3), Craig Lowndes (6.8), Lee Holdsworth (7.7) and James Courtney (7.7).
15Races 14/15 - Townsville I did you know
The battle for the Armor All Pole Position Award in the V8 Supercars Championship is heating up as the
halfway mark of the season approaches.Craig Lowndes, Will Davison and Jamie Whincup are all tied on three pole positions with Garth Tander and Mark Winterbottom tied on two.They are all aiming to knock off Whincup, who has won the ARMOR ALL Pole Position Award for four years straight from 2008 to 2011.Of the 29 drivers that have competed so far this year, Davison has the best qualifying average from the 13 grids set so far in 2012. Davison’s average qualifying position sits at 3.4, clear of teammate Winterbottom (3.7), Whincup (3.7), David Reynolds (5.1), Tander (8.3) and Shane van Gisbergen (8.6).See Page 37 of this Race Guide for the full field’s 2012 season qualifying and race averages.
Fujitsu Racing GRM’s Michael Caruso has proven himself to be one of the best ‘racers’ in
the field in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship.The #34 Commodore driver has qualified in the top 10 for just two of the 13 races held so far this year - but finished inside it five times.
Four times he’s been able to score a top 10 race finish after starting outside it, with his biggest charge coming in Race 4 in Hamilton, NZ - 22nd to seventh for a gain of 15 positions. Caruso qualified a season-best fifth for the last race in Darwin and converted it into a season-best fourth.Caruso’s Townsville form tells a
similar story to his stats sheet from 2012. His best qualfying of fourth and race finish of fifth came in the very first race in Townsville in 2009. Since thenhe’s been unable to qualify better than 14th or finish a race higher than 11th on the North Queensland street layout.
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the BaGman’S SaY...TeamVodafone struck back in its season-long tussle with Ford
Performance Racing at Hidden Valley. While the factory Fords proved superior in qualifying, Whincup and Lowndes shared the race wins thanks chiefly to superior tyre life.
The team’s cars have proven strong in Townsville since the event’s exception, with tyres again proving a determining factor in Whincup’s victory last year.
Expect another tough fight between TeamVodafone and FPR this weekend, with the red cars entering the events as narrow favourites for the first time in months.
Base: Banyo, QueenslandCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRE Team principal: Roland Dane
Team: TeamVodafoneBorn: 6 February 1983V8SC debut: Queensland, 2002Starts: 258 Wins: 55Career Highlights: 2008, 2009 & 2011 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2006, 2007 & 2008 Bathurst 1000, 2002 Australian Formula Ford Champion
Team: TeamVodafoneBorn: 21 June 1974V8SC debut: Calder Park, 1996Starts: 454 Wins: 83Career Highlights: 1996, 1998 & 1999 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Bathurst 1000, 1993 Australian Formula Ford Champion
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19Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
Walkinshaw Racing
#2 Garth Tander
#22 James Courtney
#66 Russell Ingall
Base: Clayton, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Walkinshaw RacingEngines: Walkinshaw RacingTeam principal: Steve Hallam
Team: Toll Holden Racing TeamBorn: 31 March 1977V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 1998Starts: 423 Wins: 50Career Highlights: 2007 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2000, 2009 & 2011 Bathurst 1000, 1997 Australian Formula Ford Champion
Team: Toll Holden Racing Team Born: 29 June 1980V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005Starts: 200 Wins: 9Career Highlights: 2010 V8 Supercars Champion, 2001 British Formula Ford Champion, 2002 Jaguar F1 test driver, 2000 British Formula Ford Champion
Team: Supercheap Auto RacingBorn: 24 February 1964V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1996Starts: 488 Wins: 27Career Highlights: 2005 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 1995 & 1997 Bathurst 1000,1st 1998 Sandown 500 & 1999 Queensland 500, 1993 British Formula Ford Champion
the BaGman’S SaY...Garth Tander may have had a middling weekend last time out at
Hidden Valley, but history indicates that one shouldn’t discount the #2 Commodore’s chances on the streets of Townsville.
Tander has five podium finishes from six starts at the Reid Park circuit, and won Saturday’s race last year after proving the class of the field on both compounds of tyre. At the very least Tander can be considered a reasonable chance to add to his pair of poles and podiums already recorded this season.
Courtney and Ingall meanwhile continue to struggle to make the top 10 in both qualifying and the races.
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21Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
Stone Brothers Racing
#4 Lee Holdsworth
#9 Shane van Gisbergen
#47 Tim Slade
Base: Yatla, QueenslandCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Stone Brothers RacingEngines: Stone Brothers RacingTeam principal: Ross Stone
Team: IRWIN RacingBorn: 2 February 1983.V8SC debut: Sandown, 2004Starts: 210 Wins: 2Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 (Sydney), 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Round 8 (Oran Park), 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 7th 2010 V8 Supercars Championship
Team: SP Tools RacingBorn: 9 May 1989V8SC deubt: Oran Park, 2007 Starts: 147 Wins: 2Career Highlights: 1st 2011 ITM400 Hamilton (Race 6), 1st 2011 Skycity Triple Crown (Race 12), 2005/06 NZ FFord Champion, 2nd 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series
Team: Lucky 7 RacingBorn: 3 August 1985V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009Starts: 92 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 7th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 V8 Supercars Championship
the BaGman’S SaY...Qualifying form is set to be the key for Stone Brothers Racing
this weekend following difficulties extracting one-lap speed from its cars here in 2011 and last-time out at Hidden Valley.
All three of the Queensland-based Fords started Race 13 from outside the top 10 - making the task of adding a fourth podium to its season highly difficult.
Race pace has generally been a strength on both compounds of tyre however, with each of its three entries capable of finishing in the top five this weekend.
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Ford Performance Racing
#5 Mark Winterbottom
#6 Will Davison
#55 David Reynolds
Base: Campbelfield, VictoriaCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Ford Performance RacingEngines: Ford Performance RacingTeam principal: Tim Edwards
Team: Orrcon Steel FPRBorn: 20 May 1981V8SC debut: Sandown, 2003Starts: 257 Wins: 20Career Highlights: 1st 2006 Sandown 500, 1st 2003 V8 Supercars Development Series, 2nd 2008 V8 Supercars Championship, 2nd 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Team: Tradingpost FPRBorn: 30 August 1982V8SC debut: Winton, 2004Starts: 207 Wins: 12Career Highlights: 1st 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 Phillip Island 500, 2nd 2009 V8 Supercars Championship, 2001 Australian Formula Ford Champion
Team: The Bottle-O RacingBorn: July 1985.V8SC debut: Sandown, 2007Starts: 62 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2004 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 4th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series
the BaGman’S SaY...Ford Performance Racing’s Falcons continued to prove the fastest
qualifying cars last time out at Hidden Valley, but for the first time all season, tyre life was a serious issue. The factory Fords fell away from their TeamVodafone rivals during the races, especially on the soft tyre. Davison and Winterbottom’s form from earlier in the season suggests this may have been a track-specific issue, but it’s something to look out for this weekend regardless.
While Reynolds has struggled to put race results on the board all year, he was exceptionally quick here last year with Kelly Racing and continues to threaten for a career first pole.
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24 Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
Kelly Racing
#7 Todd Kelly
#11 Karl Reindler
Base: Braeside, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Kelly RacingEngines: Kelly RacingTeam principals: Rick and Todd Kelly
Team: Jack Daniel’s RacingBorn: 9 October 1979V8SC debut: Eastern Creek, 1999Starts: 369 Wins: 19Career Highlights: 1st 2005 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2003 Sandown 500, 2nd 1998 Australian Drivers’ Championship, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000, 2nd 2006 Bathurst 1000
Team: Fair Dinkum Sheds RacingBorn: 18 April 1985V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2008Starts: 69 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2004 Australian F3 Champion, 8th 2008 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2006 A1GP Shanghai Feature Race
the BaGman’S SaY...Kelly Racing’s Commodores may have struggled so far this year, but
the team will garner plenty of attention this weekend thanks to the one-off appearance of former F1 champ Jacques Villeneuve in the Pepsi Max entry. The Canadian caused controversy with his driving in his only previous V8 start on the Gold Coast in 2010, but ultimately proved one of the fastest international drivers across the weekend.
Qualifying off the back couple of rows will be a tough ask this weekend however, the combination of the category’s competitiveness and Kelly Racing’s woes setting up a tough challenge.
The team’s other three entries are also unlikely to see the top 10 over one-lap, leaving the Kelly brothers to fight amongst the midfield in the races.
25Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
#15 Rick KellyTeam: Jack Daniel’s RacingBorn: 7 January 1983V8SC debut: Queensland, 2001Starts: 310 Wins: 12Career Highlights: 2006 V8 Supercars Champion, 1st 2003 & 2004 Bathurst 1000 , 2001 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 2nd 2000 Australian Formula Ford Championship
#51 Jacques VilleneuveTeam: Pepsi Max CrewBorn: 9 April 1971V8SC debut: Gold Coast, 2010Starts: 2 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1997 World Drivers’ Champion, 1st 1995 Indianapolis 500, 1st 1995 CART World Series, 2nd 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours
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Brad Jones Racing
#8 Jason Bright
#14 Fabian Coulthard
#21 David Wall
Base: Albury, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Walkinshaw RacingEngines: Noonan Race EnginesTeam principals: Brad and Kim Jones
Team: Team BOCBorn: 7 March 1973V8SC debut: Symmons Plains, 1997 Starts: 396 Wins: 30Career Highlights: 1st 1998 Bathurst 1000, 1995 Australian Formula Ford Champion, 1997 Australian Drivers’ Champion, 1st 2006 Sandown 500
Team: Lockwood RacingBorn: 28 July 1982V8SC debut: Oran Park, 2004Starts: 169 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Champion, 2001 NZ Formula Ford Champion, 3rd 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, 4th 2000 NZ Formula Ford Championship
Team: Wilson Security RacingBorn: 1 January 1983V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009Starts: 19 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2009 & 2010 Australian GT Champion, 3rd 2007 Australian GT Championship, 11th 2011 V8 Supercars Development Series
the BaGman’S SaY...Hidden Valley provided mixed results for Brad Jones Racing, with
Jason Bright seemingly losing his recent momentum, and Fabian Coulthard turning around a tough three-race run by finishing an impressive fifth in Sunday’s Race 13.
The Team BOC entry started and finished both races outside the top 10 in Darwin, but at least showed relatively impressive tyre life on the soft rubber. Coulthard meanwhile could be highly satisfied after coming out on top in a race-long battle with Will Davison.
Both drivers will again be shooting for the top 10 this weekend, while third pilot David Wall will be looking to add to his three top 20 finishes earned so far in his rookie season.
28 Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
Dick Johnson Racing
#12 Dean Fiore
#17 Steven Johnson
Base: Yatla, QueenslandCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: InnoV8 (Roger Higgins)Team principal: Dick Johnson
Team: Jim Beam RacingBorn: 1 December 1983V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2009Starts: 93 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 4th 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 5th 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
Team: Jim Beam RacingBorn: 6 September 1974V8SC debut: Oran Park, 1994Starts: 398 Wins: 3Career Highlights: 1st 2001 Queensland 500, 1st 2001 Canberra 400, 5th 2001 V8 Supercars Championship, 6th 2009 V8 Supercars Championship
the BaGman’S SaY...Expectations again remain low for results from DJR this weekend
following another troubled outing at Hidden Valley.All four of the team’s drivers sit in the bottom half of the
championship standings having again failed to see the top 10 in either of the respective qualifying sessions or races.
Taking the gamble to start two of its cars on the soft tyres for both races in Darwin appeared to be at best an optimistic tactic and at worst an act of desperation.
Townsville meanwhile will mark Fiore’s second weekend working alongside Nathan McColl. Having qualified 26th and 27th for the two races in Darwin, there’s plenty of work to do.
29Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
#18 James Moffat
#49 Steve Owen
Team: Team Norton DJRBorn: 18 June 1984V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2010Starts: 43 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2009 V8 Development Series, 3rd 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 3rd 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Team: VIP Petfoods RacingBorn: 18 December 1974V8SC debut: Bathurst, 1999Starts: 147 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 1st 2008 & 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series, 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Race 20 (Gold Coast), 2nd 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship
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31Races 14/15 - Townsville I driver Profiles
Tekno Autosports
#19 Jonathon Webb
#91 Michael Patrizi
Base: Stapylton, QueenslandCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRETeam principal: Jonathon Webb
Team: Tekno AutosportsBorn: 10 December 1983V8SC debut: Sandown, 2006Starts: 74 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series, 3rd 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, 2010 V8 Supercars Race 26 winner
Team: Tekno AutosportsBorn: 4 May 1984V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2008Starts: 43 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2nd 2005 Formula BMW Asia,, 8th 2006 Formula BMW UK, 18th 2007 Formula 3 Euroseries, 6th 2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
the BaGman’S SaY...Jonathon Webb’s 17th position in the championship standings
belies the inherent speed shown by the #19 Commodore this season. Webb has qualified inside the top 10 on seven occasions so far, and finished there in three of the last four races.
Team-mate Michael Patrizi meanwhile has arguably been the more consistent of the pair - finishing nine of the season’s first 13 races between 14th and 20th, albeit with a qualifying average almost six places lower than Webb’s impressive 11.7.
Expect both cars to run well inside the top 20 here, with anything up to a top five finish appearing achievable.
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Garry Rogers Motorsport
#33 Alexandre Premat
#34 Michael Caruso
Base: Knoxfield, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Garry Rogers MotorsportEngines: Walkinshaw RacingTeam principal: Garry Rogers
Team: Fujitsu Racing GRMBorn: 5 April 1982V8SC debut: Adelaide, 2012Starts: 13 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 2008 Le Mans Series Champion, 1st 2005-06 A1 GP Series (Team France), 1st 2004 Macau Grand Prix, 1st 2004 Masters of F3
Team: Fujitsu Racing GRMBorn: 25 May 1983V8SC debut: Bathurst, 2006Starts: 133 Wins: 1Career Highlights: 2003 Australian Formula 3 Champion, 3rd 2009 Bathurst 1000, 1st 2009 V8 Supercars Race 10 (Hidden Valley), 2nd 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series
the BaGman’S SaY...Michael Caruso heads to Townsville off the back of scoring GRM’s
first top five qualifying and race results of the season on Sunday at Hidden Valley.
The Race 13 result came despite a stall on the grid, which the #34 Commodore drop to the back of the field.
Encouragingly for the team, Premat qualified 12th for Sunday’s race - just one place shy of his career best. The Frenchman’s season qualifying average of 21.9 however is the fourth-worst in the field, and will need to be lifted if he is to score a maiden top 10 finish.
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Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
#30 Taz Douglas
Base: Nunawading, VictoriaCar: Holden Commodore VEIIChassis: Triple Eight Race EngineeringEngines: KRETeam principal: Lucas Dumbrell
Team: Lucas Dumbrell MotorsportBorn: 11 February 1985V8SC debut: Phillip Island, 2009Starts: 18 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1st 2010 V8 Supercars Development Series Sandown Race 2, 8th 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship, 9th 2009 V8 Supercars Development Series
Tony D’Alberto Racing
#3 Tony D’Alberto
Base: Knoxfield, VictoriaCar: Ford Falcon FGChassis: Ford Performance RacingEngines: Ford Performance RacingTeam principal: Al D’Alberto
Team: Team HiflexBorn: 9 December 1985V8SC debut: Sandown, 2005Starts: 135 Wins: 0Career Highlights: 1st 2007 V8 Supercars Development Series, 6th 2007 Bathurst 1000, 5th 2005 V8 Supercars Development Series, 9th 2011 Bathurst 1000
the BaGman’S SaY...Tony D’Alberto will likely be relishing a return to street racing in
Townsville this weekend. The #3 Falcon showed strong speed in both Adelaide and Hamilton earlier this year - qualifying in the top half of the field on all four occasions.
D’Alberto has had a tough run in recent events. Qualifying in the highly competitive midfield has led to some difficult races, including Race 13 in Darwin where the Hiflex-backed entry took on damage at the first corner.
the BaGman’S SaY...Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport has enjoyed a relatively quiet last few
events following its incident-packed start to the year.While an electrical issue resulted in a rare mechanical DNF on
Saturday in Darwin, Taz Douglas scored a 16th place finish on the Sunday - his second best result of the season.
Adding to his seven top 20 results is surely the aim for this small outfit this weekend.
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Pos Driver team Car Pts1 Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 1494
2 Will Davison Trading Post FPR Ford Falcon FG 1456
3 Mark Winterbottom Orrcon Steel FPR Ford Falcon FG 14454 Craig Lowndes TeamVodafone Holden Commodore VE 12475 Shane Van Gisbergen SP Tools Racing Ford Falcon FG 11456 Lee Holdsworth IRWIN Racing Ford Falcon FG 10797 Tim Slade Lucky 7 Racing Ford Falcon FG 10598 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 9909 Fabian Coulthard Lockwood Racing Holden Commodore VE 91010 Jason Bright Team BOC Holden Commodore VE 80411 Todd Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 78312 David Reynolds The Bottle-O Racing Ford Falcon FG 74713 James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 72814 Michael Caruso Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 717
15 Rick Kelly Jack Daniel’s Racing Holden Commodore VE 70916 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 69517 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosport Holden Commodore VE 67018 Russell Ingall Supercheap Auto Racing Holden Commodore VE 63219 Dean Fiore Jim Beam Racing Ford Falcon FG 60020 Michael Patrizi Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore VE 586
21 Steve Owen VIP Petfoods Racing Ford Falcon FG 57422 Tony D’Alberto Tony D’Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG 52723 Taz Douglas Team iSelect Holden Commodore VE 45324 Alexandre Premat Fujitsu Racing GRM Holden Commodore VE 45325 Karl Reindler Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Holden Commodore VE 435
26 David Wall Wilson Security Racing Holden Commodore VE 36127 James Moffat Team Norton DJR Ford Falcon FG 34428 Greg Murphy Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 31529 David Russell Pepsi Max Crew Holden Commodore VE 42
Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats
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38 Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats
2012 SeaSon STaTISTICSrace WinsWill Davison 6, Mark Winterbottom 3,
Jamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 1
Pole PositionsJamie Whincup 3, Craig Lowndes 3,
Will Davison 3, Garth Tander 2, Mark
Winterbottom 2
fastest lapsCraig Lowndes 4, Mark Winterbottom 3,
Jamie Whincup 2, Garth Tander 2, James
Courtney 1, Will Davison 1
PodiumsWill Davison 10, Jamie Whincup 10, Mark
Winterbottom 9, Garth Tander 3, Craig
Lowndes 3, Shane van Gisbergen 2, Tim
Slade 1, Jason Bright 1
results overview Qualifying results race results
# Driver Best Worst Average Best Worst Average
1 Jamie Whincup 1 8 3.7 1 26 4.2
2 Garth Tander 1 21 8.3 3 28 11.3
3 Tony D'Alberto 6 26 17.1 8 28 18.5
4 Lee Holdsworth 4 19 10.7 4 21 8.7
5 Mark Winterbottom 1 10 3.7 1 23 4.7
6 Will Davison 1 9 3.4 1 25 5.5
7 Todd Kelly 11 23 16.7 8 23 14.5
8 Jason Bright 2 27 14.6 3 28 13.5
9 Shane Van Gisbergen 2 14 8.6 2 22 8.5
11 Karl Reindler 21 28 25.8 16 25 21.2
12 Dean Fiore 11 27 21.4 15 22 17.5
14 Fabian Coulthard 6 17 10.8 4 24 12.1
15 Rick Kelly 5 16 12.4 5 27 15.4
17 Steven Johnson 7 24 15.6 10 21 15.8
18 James Moffat 9 28 18.4 14 28 21.7
19 Jonathon Webb 4 23 11.8 7 27 15.3
21 David Wall 21 28 25.6 14 28 22.6
22 James Courtney 8 28 15.7 5 26 14.6
30 Taz Douglas 8 27 22.4 12 27 21.2
33 Alexandre Premat 11 28 21.9 13 28 21.2
34 Michael Caruso 5 22 16.8 4 27 15.5
47 Tim Slade 5 20 11.6 3 15 8.6
49 Steve Owen 5 23 15.4 6 28 17.5
51 Greg Murphy 17 27 21.9 11 27 18.1
55 David Reynolds 2 11 5.1 5 26 14.2
66 Russell Ingall 14 28 20.9 10 28 16.7
91 Michael Patrizi 7 28 17.7 5 27 16.5
888 Craig Lowndes 1 20 6.8 1 28 6.7
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Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats
Year Driver team Car2011 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VEII
Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VEII2010 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE2009 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG
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42 Races 14/15 - Townsville I Race Stats
Year Driver team Car
2011 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE
2010 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG
2009 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon FG
2008 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BF
2007 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE
2006 Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ
2005 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2004 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2003 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA
2002 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2001 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VX
2000 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT
1999 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VS/VT
1998 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VS/VT
1997 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EL
1996 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VR
1995 John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EF
1994 Mark Skaife Gibson Motor Sport Holden Commodore VP
1993 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EB
1992 Mark Skaife Winfield Team Nissan Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1991 Jim Richards Gibson Motor Sport Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1990 Jim Richards Gibson Motor Sport Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, R32 GT-R
1989 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1988 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1987 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW M3 E30
1986 Robbie Francevic Volvo Dealer Team Volvo 240T
1985 Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635CSi
1984 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XE
1983 Allan Moffat Peter Stuyvesant Racing Mazda RX-7
1982 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD
1981 Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon XD
1980 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Commodore VB
1979 Bob Morris Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing Holden Torana LX SS A9X
1978 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LX SS A9X
1977 Allan Moffat Moffat Ford Dealers Ford Falcon XB GT, XC
1976 Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Ford Falcon XB GT
1975 Colin Bond Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34
1974 Peter Brock Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1, LH SL/R 5000
1973 Allan Moffat Ford Motor Company Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III
1972 Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
1971 Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
1970 Norm Beechey Shell Racing Team Holden Monaro HT GTS350
1969 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang
1968 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang
1967 Ian Geoghegan Mustang Team Ford Mustang
1966 Ian Geoghegan Total Team Ford Mustang
1965 Norm Beechey Neptune Racing Team Ford Mustang
1964 Ian Geoghegan Total Team Ford Cortina GT
1963 Bob Jane Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II
1962 Bob Jane Bob Jane Jaguar 3.8 Litre Mk II
1961 Bill Pitt Bill Pitt Jaguar 3.4 Litre
1960 David McKay David McKay Jaguar 3.4 Litre
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43Races 14/15 - Townsville I event Schedule
Schedule of eventsfriday
Start finish Category Duration Session
0730 0830 Dunlop Series Scrutiny & Document Check
0755 Public Track Crossing
0800 0820 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Practice
0830 0850 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 1
0830 1000 V8 Supercars Scrutiny & Document Check
0905 0945 Dunlop Series 40 minutes Practice 1
1000 1020 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Practice 1
1030 1100 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 1
1110 1130 Aussie Racing Car 20 minutes Qualifying
1140 1210 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 2
1220 1240 Formula Ford 20 minutes Practice 2
1255 1325 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 3
1340 1420 Dunlop Series 40 minutes Practice 2
1435 1505 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Practice – Part 4
1520 1540 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Practice 2
1550 1620 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Meeting Rides
1625 1645 V8 TV Session 20 minutes
1655 1715 Dunlop Series 20 minutes Meeting Rides
1715 V8 Supercars Drivers & Competitors Briefing
1720 1735 Safety & Course Car RidesPublic Track Crossing
15 minutes
1740 Dunlop Series Drivers & Competitors Briefing
SaturdayStart finish Category Duration Session
0755 Public Track Crossing
0800 0820 Formula Ford 20 minutes Qualifying
0830 0840 Aussie Racing Car 10 minutes Race 1
0855 0915 Carrera Cup 20 minutes Qualifying (post)
0930 1000 Dunlop Series 30 minutes Qualifying (post)
1015 1035 Course & Safety Car Rides 20 minutes + FMX
1045 1105 Formula Ford 11 laps Race 1
1120 1140 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying (TX)
1200 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Open
1205 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Closed
1210 Dunlop Series 14 laps Race 1 (TX)
1240 1300 Entertainment Session 20 minutes
1310 1340 V8 Supercars 30 minutes Top Ten Shootout (TX)
1350 1400 Aussie Racing Car 10 minutes Race 2
1415 1435 Carrera Cup 14 laps Race 1 (post)
1445 1510 Entertainment Session 25 minutes
1510 V8 Supercars Fuel Check
1515 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal
1520 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open
1525 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed
1535 1715 V8 Supercars 72 laps or 1 lap after 1715
Race 14 - 200km(LIVE)
SundayStart finish Category Duration Session
0810 Public Track Crossing
0815 0830 Aussie Racing 15 minutes Race 3
0845 0905 Formula Ford 11 laps Race 2
0920 Dunlop Series Pit Lane Open
0925 Dunlop Series Pit Lane Closed
0930 Dunlop Series 14 laps Race 2 (post)
1000 1020 Course & Safety Car Rides 20 minutes
1030 1050 Carrera Cup 14 laps Race 2 (post)
1105 1120 Aussie Racing Cars 15 minutes Race 4 (TX)
1130 1150 Entertainment Session 20 minutes
1200 1220 Formula Ford 11 laps Race 3
1235 1255 V8 Supercars 20 minutes Qualifying (TX)
1310 1330 Carrera Cup 14 laps Race 3 (TX)
1345 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Open
1350 Dunlop Series Pit Exit Closed
1355 Dunlop Series 18 laps Race 3 (post)
Dunlop Series 15 minutes Podium
1445 1510 Entertainment Session 25 minutes
1510 V8 Supercars Fuel Check
1515 V8 Supercars 20 Minute Signal
1520 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Open
1525 V8 Supercars Pit Exit Closed
1535 1715 V8 Supercars 72 laps or 1 lap after 1715
Race 15 - 200km(LIVE)
V8 Supercars 15 minutes Podium
